Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates

• Offshore Insurer Tax Proposal Back On in Obama Budget

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 14, 2012

  The Obama administration today reinstated its call for a new tax on offshore insurers, but under a formula greater than that proposed by the administration in past years.

• Offshore Insurance Tax Bill Reintroduced

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 13, 2011

  Legislation designed to close a tax loophole that benefits property and casualty insurers based offshore has been reintroduced in the House and Senate.

• Obama’s Budget Proposal Brings Foreign Tax Issue Back Into Focus

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 21, 2011

  The Obama administration’s 2012 budget proposal has reopened the debate over taxing certain reinsurance premiums ceded to foreign insurers by their U.S. affiliates.

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  Obama’s Budget Proposal Brings Foreign Tax Issue Back Into Focus

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 15, 2011

  The Obama administration’s budget proposal has reopened the debate over taxing certain reinsurance premiums ceded to foreign insurers by their U.S. affiliates.

• Offshore Tax Supporters, Opponents Debate Accuracy Of Study

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 21, 2011

  Supporters of the “Neal Bill,” which deals with a proposed tax on offshore reinsurers, said a study commissioned by the bill’s opponents is flawed.

• 'Scare Tactics' Decried On Foreign Re Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 19, 2010

  Foreign insurers are "using scare tactics" to maintain the status quo.

• Foreign, Domestic Insurers Square Off In Offshore Tax Testimony

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 15, 2010

  Domestic and foreign insurers traded barbs--although the foreign insurers did so anonymously--at a congressional hearing over whether the U.S. should tighten rules dealing with the ceding of premiums to offshore parent companies by U.S. affiliates.

• Foreign, Domestic Insurers Square Off In Offshore Tax Testimony

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 14, 2010

  Domestic and foreign insurers traded barbs--although the foreign insurers did so anonymously--at a congressional hearing today over whether the U.S. should tighten rules dealing with the ceding of premiums to offshore parent companies by U.S. affiliates.

• Foreign Tax Bill Hearing Set For Wed.; Opponents Release Study

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2010

  A Congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday on whether Congress should tighten rules dealing with the tax deduction taken by insurers who cede premiums to overseas affiliates, including reinsurers.

• Foreign, Domestic Groups Continue Neal Bill Impact Dispute

  By Staff Writer  |  June 29, 2010

  Foreign reinsurers opposing a proposed offshore insurer tax increase have criticized a YouTube video released by the measure's proponents, calling it "inaccurate and misleading."